The project has several objectives:
1. tracking individuals with long remigration histories
2. tracking individuals with original tagging records NOT from Casey Key
3. retracking individuals from the oil spill region or Northern Gulf of Mexico.
4. retracking individuals from Mexico or the Caribbean.
5.tracking individuals with high site fidelity to ensure that datalogger instruments can be recovered.
6. Collecting samples for stable isotope, genetic, and trace metal analyses.